Carmen Jones (1954)

Nick Stewart: Dink Franklin

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• Dink Franklin : Look, baby, let's talk turkey. Tomorrow mornin', I gotta produce you in Chicago. I don't care what it costs. Husky Miller will sign the bill. When he goes crazy for a chick, that chick starts lookin' like a neon sign, all lit up with diamonds.

  Carmen Jones : Diamonds ain't what I want of a man. If I love him, he don't need no checkbook. If I don't, a checkbook ain't gonna do him no good.

• Dink Franklin : [singing]  Well, shut my mouth and call me dumb

  Rum Daniels : And beat me, I'm a kettledrum

  Rum Daniels , Dink Franklin : The birdies in the trees are hummin'...